AfriGeneas States Research Forum

[VA] Loudoun Cnty Lecture Series

He was a Black man who taught dance to the likes of Ethel Barrymore and Fred Astaire, and became one of the most influential stage producers of the early 20th century. But today almost no one knows this native son of Loudoun.
That will be remedied June 24, when the Balch Library's Black History Committee will launch its first-ever lecture series with a talk on Purcellville's own Billy Pierce.